Re: ERROR: "foo_type" is a composite type - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ERROR: "foo_type" is a composite type
Date
Msg-id 13885.1064883118@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to ERROR: "foo_type" is a composite type  (Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>)
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Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> CREATE TYPE foo_type AS (a INTEGER);

> DECLARE
>     my_var  foo_type%rowtype;

> ERROR:  "foo_type" is a composite type
> CONTEXT:  compile of PL/pgSQL function "foo" near line 2

Hmm, that was an unintended side-effect of another change.
I can't see any strong reason to forbid this programming
pattern, so I'll fix it.  Thanks for the report.
        regards, tom lane


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